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Grand Theft Auto 6 fans have become so desperate for information they've convinced themselves that the moon is teasing an upcoming reveal (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago

I would absolutely add 20 super obscure conspiracy nut teasers to every promo and just never acknowledge anything if I was working for one of these companies.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

You don't even need to try very hard, just throw in some nonsense and someone will make up a plausible explanation.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 2 years ago

just posts "a" to the company Twitter

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I'm talking like throwing some messages in binary through specific set of sub pixels of images for a year that all come through because they're my actual plans, then switching them to obviously insane nonsense that will take way longer to disprove and finding a way to get someone to notice.

[-] oddspinnaker@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I’m always curious about how hard it is to make insane nonsense that’s hard to disprove. Like, 100% randomization seems like it could be easier to detect vs. more believable things added by people.

So then you have to spend time making it believable…

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was thinking kind of like steganography.

"If you take the green subpixel at (46,85), (75,32)... it contains just enough letters you could read as words that form a story detail. And in this post it's a gameplay hint. And this one is a character name" but the same locations enough times in a row that it's hard to be random. Then post a crazy fan theory post after the early ones are known facts about the game and I've embedded crazy shit in a few.

[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Nut teasers, you say?

[-] reksas@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

Reminds me of hype around certain other game, relating to number 3

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Team Fortr3ss

[-] ech@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Honestly, this doesn't seem all that far-fetched. It could very well just be the art department being extra diligent with accuracy to the event start date, but the VI does suggest more to it. I suppose everyone will find out next month.

[-] azurefirefly@lemmy.basedcount.com 2 points 2 years ago

Weren't people this way for Elden Ring?

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